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Old May 28, 2005 | 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by MAH4546
Wow, I am surprised by this. At MIA, this would be, of course, unaccepetable. Most signage and many announcements at MIA are in six languages: English, Spanish, Creole, French, German, and Portuguese.

Wow, LAX only does 1 other one -- Spanish. Also, HNL does Japaneese. It's really funny to get on the plane in HNL hearing the English-Japanese combo and then getting off the plane in LAX to the English-Spanish combo. Cultural differences can be very entertaining at 5 a.m. lol

I still don't see the need for 6 languages unless you're in an international terminal where the airlines of 6 different countries are loading. People who don't learn English when coming to a this country to live and work are really not only setting themselves apart from society, but they are really impairing their chances of succeeding and getting a better job. I think catering to them and not requiring them to learn the language really makes them impaired. It's a way of keeping them down and "in their place" working as hotel maids and other jobs us Americans don't ant to do.

But back to the subject at hand: Why Creole in MIA? MSY maybe but MIA?
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